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they're both in our washington, d.c. studios, and here in studio with me is tom doherty, former senior adviser to george pataki. bill, let's start with you. chris christie, a big win. but when you look at the exit polls in a hypothetical match up to hillary clinton he would lose in his own state. >> it tells us that new jersey is still a blue state, and hillary clinton is still a very popular figure there. look, christie won, he was expected to win. he got a third of the democratic vote. that's what republicans can only dream of, a third of the democratic vote. republicans cuccinelli should have won virginia, why? because obama is very unoh popular in virginia. his popularity dropped by a large number percentage of the vote from 2009 to today. in that situation with obama still unpopular in virginia it should have been an easy republican win. it wasn't because the tea party which is what cuccinelli is closely associated with just doesn't sell in a swing state like virginia. >> let's focus on christie for a second. he has
they're both in our washington, d.c. studios, and here in studio with me is tom doherty, former senior adviser to george pataki. bill, let's start with you. chris christie, a big win. but when you look at the exit polls in a hypothetical match up to hillary clinton he would lose in his own state. >> it tells us that new jersey is still a blue state, and hillary clinton is still a very popular figure there. look, christie won, he was expected to win. he got a third of the democratic vote....
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washington is a place where nothing happens before it has to. on top of that someone like paul ryan can't get out in front of the discussions. if he negotiates too early and looks like he's compromising too early, he'll be accused by members of his party as capitulating, cooperating with the enemy. if there's a deal, it will go down to the last minute. >> do you think - do you agree that at this point the conditions are such that there'll not be a government shutdown in january. >> i realise he's chairman of the budget committee. i'm not sure that we won't have another shutdown. i urge everyone - i tell my client don't dismiss the possibility because there was political damage before. it doesn't mean it won't be tried again. if some members, like a marco rubio or ted cruz isn't the best time to go after it january, when the president's popularity will be low, when the approval ratings will be low. why not get rid of it at this moment. i think there's a 33% chance of a shutdown. it could go up higher as we get closer to the january deadline. >> c
washington is a place where nothing happens before it has to. on top of that someone like paul ryan can't get out in front of the discussions. if he negotiates too early and looks like he's compromising too early, he'll be accused by members of his party as capitulating, cooperating with the enemy. if there's a deal, it will go down to the last minute. >> do you think - do you agree that at this point the conditions are such that there'll not be a government shutdown in january. >>...
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people in washington are reluctant to take the steps. i know it's not popular. people are scared about budget deficits. they are the big numbers. people who don't want budget deficits don't want jobs. the other part are the programs, the - like the food stamp programs, effective, in terms of improving nutritional levels, with programs like women, infant and nutrition. important for young, you know, babies, children in poor families. cheep, actually. we are talking about a program that cast - id i would have to do the calculation, one-tenth, of the budget. people are reluctant. we have to - as i say, i focus on the former, what we could do in terms of before tax. we did an important job of provide gs decent paying jobs to people. we can do more on the other side, the transfer programs, particularly transfer programs benefitting young children. >> tens of millions are affected by this. as both of you said, a lot of young children. it's an important topic, something that needs to be focused on. appreciate you taking the time for talking to us. >> from the poor in t
people in washington are reluctant to take the steps. i know it's not popular. people are scared about budget deficits. they are the big numbers. people who don't want budget deficits don't want jobs. the other part are the programs, the - like the food stamp programs, effective, in terms of improving nutritional levels, with programs like women, infant and nutrition. important for young, you know, babies, children in poor families. cheep, actually. we are talking about a program that cast - id...
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it's not just islamabad and washington. there's the third point of the triangle which is the tribal areas, tribal society, that society is driven. the rift is between the taliban, who are also plays havoc in the society, and the mainstream tribunalsman who is going through hell. one day the drones killed him. the next day the pakistani army looks for terrorists. we need to remember it's more complicated than a relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. >> talking about tribal issues and thetaliban, the young girl was shot at the age of 15. support in the west turned some in pakistan against her. she's accused of being a puppet for western interest. does the rejection of a young girl, thought to be a favourite for the nobel peace prize illustrate the toxic relationship between pakistan and the west? >> yes, it does. it exactly does. this is a relationship that needs therapy, i go back to the aknoll any of the marriage gone bad and poisonous. when that happens in a household, in an institution, anywhere, it doesn't make sens
it's not just islamabad and washington. there's the third point of the triangle which is the tribal areas, tribal society, that society is driven. the rift is between the taliban, who are also plays havoc in the society, and the mainstream tribunalsman who is going through hell. one day the drones killed him. the next day the pakistani army looks for terrorists. we need to remember it's more complicated than a relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. >> talking about tribal issues and...
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breaking news in washington state. boeing machinists rejected a contract proposal that would have secured the line of 777 july bow jets. >> according to the first official members. only 106,000 enrolled for health on the federal exchanges. some have been plagued with technical problems. the number is about a fifth of what was projected. fewer than 27,000 signed up at healthcare.gov, the federal website. >> tragedy at camp pendleton. the military says four marines were killed wednesday morning whilst handling explosives. the cause of the accident is under investigation. >> the peace and relief efforts has ramped up. soldiers have been distributing rice and water. marines delivered 129,000 pounds of relief supplies and uss "george washington" is due this thursday. >> he was one of the federal bureau of investigation's 10 most wanted fugitives, whitey bulger faces assistancisentenci thursday and could face a life in prison. those are the headlines. we will ask the leaders of the reform movement, luis geterez. why are atla
breaking news in washington state. boeing machinists rejected a contract proposal that would have secured the line of 777 july bow jets. >> according to the first official members. only 106,000 enrolled for health on the federal exchanges. some have been plagued with technical problems. the number is about a fifth of what was projected. fewer than 27,000 signed up at healthcare.gov, the federal website. >> tragedy at camp pendleton. the military says four marines were killed...
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. >> another day in washington. thank you for joining us, emily ethridge. now we switch to the physical fall-out. we are joined by lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times," and bill schneider, our contributor, professor at george mason university and distinguished fellow and resident scolar at the think tank third way. will the president's speech change minds. will we have two competing proposals - obamacare - one in the house and one in the senate. >> the news conference was the point on the hill. it's the temporary fix that barack obama is offering that democrats wanted to know about. now, republicans are against obamacare - they are rooting for it to fail. really, with the vote friday, it's a test vote on the bill to see how many democrats have to vote for it. obama will have kept some democrats off it, offering an alternative, which is why the bill was timeded today. the press conference where he was contried, that is for political -- contrite, that is for political cover and to calm nerves. the democrats who were so angry at
. >> another day in washington. thank you for joining us, emily ethridge. now we switch to the physical fall-out. we are joined by lynn sweet, the washington bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times," and bill schneider, our contributor, professor at george mason university and distinguished fellow and resident scolar at the think tank third way. will the president's speech change minds. will we have two competing proposals - obamacare - one in the house and one in the senate....
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one lobbyist in washington per ever two members of congress for the alcohol industry? >> yes you get a an expert at jn hohopkins and he shakes his head and says this can't be turned around. why the alcohol business is involved in social media to such a degree they are flying under the radar in terms of marketing to young people on facebook and andyoutube. and they seek out that alcohol brand and then it's communicating with them like a person or a friend. >> how you ar are you doing witr addiction. >> i'm humbled and appreciative that i have been five years sober. >> that is great to hear. the book is "drink the intimate relationship to alcohol". "consider this wil" will be rigt san francisco's bay bridge, back. an engineering marvel but this is earthquake country. >> how close are we to one of those faultlines? >> now inovation, that might change everything. >> how safe is this building? >> earthquake inovations, >> where would you wanna be if a big quake hits? >> techknow sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america you live news at the top of every hour. >> here are th
one lobbyist in washington per ever two members of congress for the alcohol industry? >> yes you get a an expert at jn hohopkins and he shakes his head and says this can't be turned around. why the alcohol business is involved in social media to such a degree they are flying under the radar in terms of marketing to young people on facebook and andyoutube. and they seek out that alcohol brand and then it's communicating with them like a person or a friend. >> how you ar are you doing...
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joining me more on that are daniel, who is in our washington, d.c. studio, and mayor, and editor of israel iran observer. he joins us from tel-aviv. your prime minister really upped the anti-today. netenyahu told a german europe that iran has enriched enough you yan um to make five bombs. >> the prime minister seems to be following a strategy which he has devised whereby the more alarmist he sounds, the more he believes the international community will take note of the iranian nuclear program and the potential dangers that it poses to the state of israel. that's his strategy which is understandable, but what is causing concern in the state of israel is the public fight he has decided to pick with president obama over america's involvement in the nuclear talks and america's strategy. the view seems to be that president obama is going way too soft on the iranians. and the fact that he is doing in publicly is creating concern that this could impact our relationship with washington. >> talks resume tomorrow, and it does seem like the talk is reaching a h
joining me more on that are daniel, who is in our washington, d.c. studio, and mayor, and editor of israel iran observer. he joins us from tel-aviv. your prime minister really upped the anti-today. netenyahu told a german europe that iran has enriched enough you yan um to make five bombs. >> the prime minister seems to be following a strategy which he has devised whereby the more alarmist he sounds, the more he believes the international community will take note of the iranian nuclear...
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>> we were north of illinois, north-east of washington. same tornado, but we watched it from the north as it crossed to the south. we could tell it was strong, violent. it displayed upward motion that gave us a clue that it wasn't a weak tornado, but it was a stronger one. we could see the debris inside the tornado that told us it was impacting structures at the time. >> i know you guys know what you are doing. when you see storms of this magnitude you must get nervous. did you feel your life was in danger? >> i little bit in the beginning. when we had a visual it popped out of the rain. we didn't see it develop. it was ongoing for 10 minutes. when you see the tornado and you know they are moving fast and they are string. there's a bit of nervousness in the beginning before you are able to gauge the path and figure out where it's going. then and there we were a little nervous, we were focused and calm and made sure it wouldn't hit us. >> according to the chicago weather center illinois had 194 tornado warnings. more than half - 101 went ou
>> we were north of illinois, north-east of washington. same tornado, but we watched it from the north as it crossed to the south. we could tell it was strong, violent. it displayed upward motion that gave us a clue that it wasn't a weak tornado, but it was a stronger one. we could see the debris inside the tornado that told us it was impacting structures at the time. >> i know you guys know what you are doing. when you see storms of this magnitude you must get nervous. did you feel...
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she joins us from washington, d.c. kitty, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> jfk was assassinated a half century ago. but recent polls still name him as the most popular president in the u.s. history. why do you feel that? >> americans really wanted to be jfk. he was not only handsome he was exquisitely educated, he was beautifully spoken, he was very, very rich, he married someone who was gorgeous and as you can see from the book antonio, there is not one bad candid shot of the kennedys. >> that's true. >> they are absolutely gorgeous. >> the pictures were beautiful. stanley kredit passed away in 1999. his pictures are the ones you have put together in this book. how did you know stanley, what was your relationship like? >> i didn't know him during the kennedy years. i was still in college at the time. but when i came to washington, which was i think when lyndon johnson was president, i met stanley during the reagan administration so i didn't know him during his kennedy years at all. but i knew the photographs. a
she joins us from washington, d.c. kitty, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> jfk was assassinated a half century ago. but recent polls still name him as the most popular president in the u.s. history. why do you feel that? >> americans really wanted to be jfk. he was not only handsome he was exquisitely educated, he was beautifully spoken, he was very, very rich, he married someone who was gorgeous and as you can see from the book antonio, there is not one bad candid shot...
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. >> the uss "george washington "aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the philippines, filled with food and water. two more warships have been ordered to the region, the ship's helicopter will help with food and supplies. >> the face of flying is about to change. a merger has been signed off between american airlines and u.s. airways. it will make it the world's biggest. >> organizations recommending guidelines to double the amount of americans taking stattens. doctors are asked to consider more factors like smoking, high blood pressure. and family history. they are asked to diagnosis regardless of levels. >> the state legislature passed the bill in hawaii for same-sex marriage. it will boost tourism by $217 million. those are the headlines. "consider this" is up next. get the latest news on lines at aljazeera.com. >> desperation is growing by the hour in the philippines five days after enduring the terrifying typhoon. survivors are struggling to get food and water. consider this, with so much death and destruction, what is happening with the hampered relief efforts. >> is bill cli
. >> the uss "george washington "aircraft carrier is expected to arrive in the philippines, filled with food and water. two more warships have been ordered to the region, the ship's helicopter will help with food and supplies. >> the face of flying is about to change. a merger has been signed off between american airlines and u.s. airways. it will make it the world's biggest. >> organizations recommending guidelines to double the amount of americans taking stattens....
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he has now bought the washington post. you know it needs some help. >> i think he has a better chance than anyone because number 1 of course he's got the resources. he paid $250 million for the paper and its net worth is immense and that's a relative drop in the bucket. he has this new orientation, a willingness to try many things. gracefully sunset the old businesses to build new ones. if i'm a reporter at the washington post i probably feel pretty good instead of living in the aiming of decline we're going to start trying some new things and really experimenting and you have an owner that's willing to stay in it for the long term. >> talking about new businesses, he spoke at the valedictory speech about his interest in space and now he's got a rocket company. >> surprisingly, he spends a day a week running this rocket company, called blue origin. >> you're talking about selling shoes too. >> that is one of the things he does incredibly well is disperse his time across all these businesses. i kind of describe it in the bo
he has now bought the washington post. you know it needs some help. >> i think he has a better chance than anyone because number 1 of course he's got the resources. he paid $250 million for the paper and its net worth is immense and that's a relative drop in the bucket. he has this new orientation, a willingness to try many things. gracefully sunset the old businesses to build new ones. if i'm a reporter at the washington post i probably feel pretty good instead of living in the aiming of...
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iraq's prime minister is meeting with president obama in washington. asking for weapons to fight al qaeda. >>> a powerful storm hits ohio and is threatening the northeast. >>> and documents for people signing up for affordable care act in the first days after launch. the relationship between the u.s. and iraq about to face a big test. the iraqi prime minister,
iraq's prime minister is meeting with president obama in washington. asking for weapons to fight al qaeda. >>> a powerful storm hits ohio and is threatening the northeast. >>> and documents for people signing up for affordable care act in the first days after launch. the relationship between the u.s. and iraq about to face a big test. the iraqi prime minister,
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and michigan, and then we're going to washington... >> howard dean's primal clean in the 2004 primaries to mitt romney killing chances that he can't worry about 47% of voters that would not vote for him. the one with the greatest consequence happened to michael dukakis. he led president bush. it had slipped by labour day. in an attempt to shore up a weakness on defense his campaign decided to put him in a tank. with the national media watching it backfired. bush won all but 10 stakes. who let this happen. josh king was a young staffer on the dukakis, he's a host and writes about the disaster >> you were not the one that let it happened. >> no, i did not. a friend of mine was there. >> he had reservations. >> they used everything. trying to wave off this thing happening. it had a momentum of its own, born from a desire of the dukakis to defeat its own weaknesses which is a perception that dukakis, being a strong commander in chief. they took it head on and do three days of event focused on national security, culminating in a tank ride. >> very clickly it was evident it was a disaster - n
and michigan, and then we're going to washington... >> howard dean's primal clean in the 2004 primaries to mitt romney killing chances that he can't worry about 47% of voters that would not vote for him. the one with the greatest consequence happened to michael dukakis. he led president bush. it had slipped by labour day. in an attempt to shore up a weakness on defense his campaign decided to put him in a tank. with the national media watching it backfired. bush won all but 10 stakes. who...
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we begin with obamacare, and the issues that are happening in washington, d.c., because obamacare seems to have become obama scare for the democrats. right now, the numbers of people participating in the affordable care act are well below expectations, just over 49,000 people have signed on through the 12 state based exchanges. around 3% of the enrollment target in those states. perhaps 40,000 to 50,000 have signed up through the federal government. meanwhile, 440,000 signed on for medicaid through obamacare. it's a huge imbalance that tilts the program toward delivering more subsidized health care which would drive up the cast for most other americans. president obama is pressured to make changes, so americans who want to keep their current health insurance will be able to as he promised they could on the campaign trail. the latest nudge came from former president clinton. >> i permanently believe, even if it takes changing the law, the president should honor the commitment the federal government made to those people and let them keep what they've got. >> an illinois senator dick durbi
we begin with obamacare, and the issues that are happening in washington, d.c., because obamacare seems to have become obama scare for the democrats. right now, the numbers of people participating in the affordable care act are well below expectations, just over 49,000 people have signed on through the 12 state based exchanges. around 3% of the enrollment target in those states. perhaps 40,000 to 50,000 have signed up through the federal government. meanwhile, 440,000 signed on for medicaid...
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. >> for more, i am joined from washington, d.c. by bill scneider, professor at george mason university and resident scholar at the think tank, third way. with us from los angeles, al jazeera america political contributor michael shore, great to have you back. bill, you said it last night, the democrats are now in full terror over the issues with obamacare. until now, they had shown pretty ruthless party discipline sticking to supporting the president. that cracked right open with president clinton and dick durbin yesterday and got worse today. >>> that's right. sam yellow johnson once said, the prospect of being hanged concentrates the mind wonderfully. the hanging is next year's mid-term. they are terrified the whole plan is going to fall apart, voters are going to be enraged, insurance premiums will go up. unless something is done to fix this, mary landrieu is next up for re-election. several senators are pushing hard to make changes in this program very quickly. they are putting a lot of pressure on the obama administration. >>
. >> for more, i am joined from washington, d.c. by bill scneider, professor at george mason university and resident scholar at the think tank, third way. with us from los angeles, al jazeera america political contributor michael shore, great to have you back. bill, you said it last night, the democrats are now in full terror over the issues with obamacare. until now, they had shown pretty ruthless party discipline sticking to supporting the president. that cracked right open with...
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we're joining by james warren, the washington bur -- burrow chief. fascinating piece, and you say that that one agency alone collects one pedbite. i have never even heard that year. that is over 13 years of hd video. that's just one agency. what are they collecting? and how can anybody go through all of that information? this >> well, a well-placed source tells me that is the central intelligence agency who's information management systems director admits to six years ago having about 2 million pages of documents crossing his desk in a given year. that now in the year 2013, antonio, he says, is up to about 12 million. and if you wanted to go through that information the cia, you would need about 2 million full-time employees. again a four-drawer filing cabinet, imagine that, our old fashioned filing cabinet, 20 million of them filled with documents. what is in there? well, we're not exactly sure, but we know over the course of 50, 60 years, a culture of caution has been bread throughout the american government where folks ultimately in those agencies
we're joining by james warren, the washington bur -- burrow chief. fascinating piece, and you say that that one agency alone collects one pedbite. i have never even heard that year. that is over 13 years of hd video. that's just one agency. what are they collecting? and how can anybody go through all of that information? this >> well, a well-placed source tells me that is the central intelligence agency who's information management systems director admits to six years ago having about 2...
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. >> the george washington and its helicopters and sailors are making a big difference. don't forget to join al jazeera, sun night, at 9:00, for a special report, philippines in crisis, chord by joie chen. >>> the house voted 261 to 167 and passed a bill that allows insurance companies to renew those policies that had gotten cancellation notices. it also louse them to sell similar policies that don't meet affordable care act standards. shortly before the vote michigan congressman fretted from upton, the bill's -- fred upton explained why it was important. >> if millions of americans want the choice to keep the insurance they currently have, why not? it is only an attempt to help the people harmed by this law. but if we can provide some relief to people from this disaster, why not? >> to some democrats the upton bill was the latest attempt to repeal the obamacare. or another effort to underpipeline the president. i'm joined by norman orn stein the author of it's even worse than it looks. good to have you with us norm. appreciate your time. you use heard congressman upton
. >> the george washington and its helicopters and sailors are making a big difference. don't forget to join al jazeera, sun night, at 9:00, for a special report, philippines in crisis, chord by joie chen. >>> the house voted 261 to 167 and passed a bill that allows insurance companies to renew those policies that had gotten cancellation notices. it also louse them to sell similar policies that don't meet affordable care act standards. shortly before the vote michigan congressman...
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one lobbyist in washington per ever two members of congress for the alcohol industry? >> yes you get an an expert at john hohopkins and he shakes his head and says this can't be turned around. why the alcohol business is involved in social media to such a degree they are flying under the radar in terms of marketing to young people on facebook and and youtube. and they seek out that alcohol brand and then it's communicating with them like a person or a friend. >> how you ar are you doing witr addiction. >> i'm humbled and appreciative that i have been five years sober. >> that is great to hear. the book is "drink the intimate >>> toronto mayor rob ford has embarrassed himself and his city with wild words and wilder actes by taking illegal drugs. ford mixed apology and defines as he stood for four hours before toronto city council for a public flogging. >> have you purchased illegal drugs in the past two years. >> yes, i have. >> he stood in my way an blocked my path in a threatening way and in a way that i have never experienced with my time on this council. >> you are
one lobbyist in washington per ever two members of congress for the alcohol industry? >> yes you get an an expert at john hohopkins and he shakes his head and says this can't be turned around. why the alcohol business is involved in social media to such a degree they are flying under the radar in terms of marketing to young people on facebook and and youtube. and they seek out that alcohol brand and then it's communicating with them like a person or a friend. >> how you ar are you...
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they are increasing the road between iter ra it at the tehran an washington. and open up the door for direct talks and approachment between iran and the u.s. what already happened in new york direct talks between the two foreign ministers. their phone conversation between obama and many direct negotiations between the iron aniranand the u.s. delegation. it shows a mote momentum for a change. it takes time an mistrust is deep between the u.s. and iran. i believe this is a good beginning and i hope that the new trend will lead to a major change in iran and u.s. relations. >> the ambassador has a point. there are hard-liners in the united states. >> and they are talking in the senate about hardening the sanctions instead of loosening them. do you think the u.s. is ready to make the kind of deal that iran needs? >> i think there are elements in the united states that are ready to make that kind of deal and there are clearly elements that are not i speak about the congress and the treasury department and if the white house says we are doing a deal they have to foll
they are increasing the road between iter ra it at the tehran an washington. and open up the door for direct talks and approachment between iran and the u.s. what already happened in new york direct talks between the two foreign ministers. their phone conversation between obama and many direct negotiations between the iron aniranand the u.s. delegation. it shows a mote momentum for a change. it takes time an mistrust is deep between the u.s. and iran. i believe this is a good beginning and i...
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joining us from washington, d.c. joining us from washington, d.c. is ken stern a is ken stern a former executive former executive of npr, the author of with of npr, the author of with charity for all, why charities charity for all, why charities are failing and a better way to are failing and a better way to give. give. ken rest ken rest start -- let's start start -- let's start with this case. with this case. how does something of this how does something of this magnitude magnitude happen? happen? >> 59,000 with the word veterans >> 59,000 with the word veterans in in the title, you set up a the title, you set up a boiler room you start calling. boiler room you start calling. it's easy to see how they can it's easy to see how they can raise raise money. money. without much information, a without much information, a lot lot of harry of harry ied ied donors hearing donors hearing another love stories. another love stories. >> he managed to bamboozle so >> he managed to bamboozle so many people, he was hobnobbing many people, he was hobnobbing with th
joining us from washington, d.c. joining us from washington, d.c. is ken stern a is ken stern a former executive former executive of npr, the author of with of npr, the author of with charity for all, why charities charity for all, why charities are failing and a better way to are failing and a better way to give. give. ken rest ken rest start -- let's start start -- let's start with this case. with this case. how does something of this how does something of this magnitude magnitude happen?...
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i'm joined by washington d.c. by bill schneider, and sure r, senior fellow at the think tank third way. thank you both for being with us. bill, when we talked about this, it's an stream move. when we discussed it none of us thought it would happen this quickly. will there be an explosion of ill will that will deepen the party divide. >> it can hardly get more ill than this year. >> what we will see is guerilla warfare. republicans will sabotage everything obama wants to do. they'll stage sneak attacks. they are determined to kill obamacare. they are as devoted to killing obamacare, as they were the vietnam war. they'll resort to every tactic to do that. >> before the vote democrats made a lot about the fact that 86 filibuster in history, 82 have been blocked. are republicans right or democrats. certainly what they tried to do when they were the minority in the senate, dealing with judicial appointments. >> i can take the easy way out saying both parties do the same thing for different reasons. republicans are post
i'm joined by washington d.c. by bill schneider, and sure r, senior fellow at the think tank third way. thank you both for being with us. bill, when we talked about this, it's an stream move. when we discussed it none of us thought it would happen this quickly. will there be an explosion of ill will that will deepen the party divide. >> it can hardly get more ill than this year. >> what we will see is guerilla warfare. republicans will sabotage everything obama wants to do. they'll...
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and oregon and washington and michigan, and then we're going michigan, and then we're going to to washington... washington... >> howard dean's primal clean in >> howard dean's primal clean in the 2004 primaries to mitt the 2004 primaries to mitt romney killing chances that he romney killing chances that he can't worry about 47% of voters can't worry about 47% of voters that would not vote for him. that would not vote for him. the one with the greatest the one with the greatest consequence happened to michael consequence happened to michael dukakis. dukakis. he led president bush. he led president bush. it had slipped by labour day. it had slipped by labour day. in an attempt to shore up a in an attempt to shore up a weakness on defense his campaign weakness on defense his campaign decided to put him in a decided to put him in a tank. tank. with the national media watching with the national media watching it backfired. it backfired. bush won all but 10 stakes. bush won all but 10 stakes. who let this happen. who let this happen. josh king was a young staffer on josh king was a young staffer o
and oregon and washington and michigan, and then we're going michigan, and then we're going to to washington... washington... >> howard dean's primal clean in >> howard dean's primal clean in the 2004 primaries to mitt the 2004 primaries to mitt romney killing chances that he romney killing chances that he can't worry about 47% of voters can't worry about 47% of voters that would not vote for him. that would not vote for him. the one with the greatest the one with the greatest...
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he is in our washington d.c. studio. luke is the deputy general council, which represented parties which represented parties in the affordable care act. he joins us. great to have you with us. i want to start with you. the concept of corporate personhood or corporation has been long-established in american law. if a corporation is a person, why shouldn't the person have some religious rights. corporations have rights but the free exercise of reliageons is not one of them. at its core it's about conscience, conviction and human dignity. they are attributes that don't apply to a corporation. they can't pray. conscience. >> the supreme court allowed them under citizens united to express themselves under the first amendment by contributing to campaigns. >> it doesn't recognise that corporations have interest in human dignity. we have to look carefully at the right that's at issue in this case. corporations have never in over 200 years had the right to the free exercise of religion. >> there are limits to corporation hood. th
he is in our washington d.c. studio. luke is the deputy general council, which represented parties which represented parties in the affordable care act. he joins us. great to have you with us. i want to start with you. the concept of corporate personhood or corporation has been long-established in american law. if a corporation is a person, why shouldn't the person have some religious rights. corporations have rights but the free exercise of reliageons is not one of them. at its core it's about...
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israel again saw him as a terrorist and washington would have little to do with him. for more on this i'm joine joiny these two guests. great to have you both with us amed what was your response when you heard the news. it was suspected that there was poispoisoning in 2005. >> i was not surpriced. this is the biggest non-story story of there was the investigation of al geeze and thealaal gathera.the questions r remain at lark. what the -- large. and what the motive and who did this. without that there is no accountability. the fingers have long basketbaln pointed in israel and the other leadership. the most important thing to focus on is account ability. the time frame limits us in terms of being five years ago. >> and let's talk about about e different alberta ankles. >> i'm full of anger chbl this is a crime. this is an assassination of an elected palestinian leader by his people. it's a political asass nations. nations -- assassination. the palestinians blamed israel, but arafat had a lot of different enemies around the region. there were questions about his inner
israel again saw him as a terrorist and washington would have little to do with him. for more on this i'm joine joiny these two guests. great to have you both with us amed what was your response when you heard the news. it was suspected that there was poispoisoning in 2005. >> i was not surpriced. this is the biggest non-story story of there was the investigation of al geeze and thealaal gathera.the questions r remain at lark. what the -- large. and what the motive and who did this....
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. >> the "george washington" is on its way and other warships will arrive within 48-72 hours. people have come from the okanara base. search and rescue is their task, and airlift where required. relief is coming in for the central area of the philippines, this is where the typhoon came from east to west. it's the base where they are sending in supplies to tacloban, which was the capital of the hardest-hit province, leyte, and that is where the provincial governor believes the estimate of dead will rise - between 20-30,000. >> it's horrifying numbers. lynette lim, you were in tacloban, and were an eyewitness to the worst of the typhoon. where do you seek shelter? what did you see when it made landfall? >> i was stationed at the department of education for regent 8. the structure was safe, so we were able to look outside at what had happened. on the second floor i was fortunate enough to have missed the storm surge that came up to a metre, a metre and a half, with strong currents as well. outside on the window i could see debris being blown away and hitting against a window. gla
. >> the "george washington" is on its way and other warships will arrive within 48-72 hours. people have come from the okanara base. search and rescue is their task, and airlift where required. relief is coming in for the central area of the philippines, this is where the typhoon came from east to west. it's the base where they are sending in supplies to tacloban, which was the capital of the hardest-hit province, leyte, and that is where the provincial governor believes the...
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that's the logic that makes it impossible to cut spending on anything in washington, and that's why the federal budget has -- has doubled since the -- the clinton years when i think the government was pretty big, and -- and doing a lot to help people. i think we need to remember also that food stamps aren't the only program that help poor children or poor families. a lot of these children are getting school breakfasts, school home run -- lunch. there is the wic program. some of these school lunch programs continue over the summer. and there is private charity that also does a lot to help people. and if people are able to, they should look for jobs and they will be helped by the earned income tax credit, so there's lots of ways to help poor families with children, we don't need to more than double the food stamp program because it is just unaffordable. >> i hope you guys will come back and talk to us more. i really appreciate your time tonight. >> thanks so much. >>> a dramatic recount of the egyptian revolution from the inside. we'll talk someone who faced constant danger and another wh
that's the logic that makes it impossible to cut spending on anything in washington, and that's why the federal budget has -- has doubled since the -- the clinton years when i think the government was pretty big, and -- and doing a lot to help people. i think we need to remember also that food stamps aren't the only program that help poor children or poor families. a lot of these children are getting school breakfasts, school home run -- lunch. there is the wic program. some of these school...